diff --git a/include/svl/stritem.hxx b/include/svl/stritem.hxx
index 8e3f0614b145..8d6da4fdcc01 100644
--- a/include/svl/stritem.hxx
+++ b/include/svl/stritem.hxx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class SVL_DLLPUBLIC SfxStringItem: public CntUnencodedStringItem
 public:
     TYPEINFO_OVERRIDE();
 
-    SfxStringItem() {}
+    SfxStringItem(sal_uInt16 which = 0): CntUnencodedStringItem(which) {}
 
     SfxStringItem(sal_uInt16 which, const OUString & rValue):
         CntUnencodedStringItem(which, rValue) {}
diff --git a/svx/inc/sxonitm.hxx b/svx/inc/sxonitm.hxx
index 6c3916edc07d..820e398130a0 100644
--- a/svx/inc/sxonitm.hxx
+++ b/svx/inc/sxonitm.hxx
@@ -22,12 +22,9 @@
 #include <svx/svddef.hxx>
 #include <svl/stritem.hxx>
 
-class SdrObjectNameItem: public SfxStringItem {
-public:
-    SdrObjectNameItem()                   : SfxStringItem() { SetWhich(SDRATTR_OBJECTNAME); }
-    SdrObjectNameItem(const OUString& rStr) : SfxStringItem(SDRATTR_OBJECTNAME,rStr) {}
-    SdrObjectNameItem(SvStream& rIn)      : SfxStringItem(SDRATTR_OBJECTNAME,rIn)  {}
-};
+inline SfxStringItem makeSdrObjectNameItem(const OUString& rStr) {
+    return SfxStringItem(SDRATTR_OBJECTNAME,rStr);
+}
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/svx/source/svdraw/svdattr.cxx b/svx/source/svdraw/svdattr.cxx
index 08da659fb542..cb790e5e2b00 100644
--- a/svx/source/svdraw/svdattr.cxx
+++ b/svx/source/svdraw/svdattr.cxx
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ SdrItemPool::SdrItemPool(
     mppLocalPoolDefaults[SDRATTR_OBJVISIBLE     -SDRATTR_START]=new SdrObjVisibleItem;
     mppLocalPoolDefaults[SDRATTR_LAYERID        -SDRATTR_START]=new SdrLayerIdItem;
     mppLocalPoolDefaults[SDRATTR_LAYERNAME      -SDRATTR_START]=new SdrLayerNameItem;
-    mppLocalPoolDefaults[SDRATTR_OBJECTNAME     -SDRATTR_START]=new SdrObjectNameItem;
+    mppLocalPoolDefaults[SDRATTR_OBJECTNAME     -SDRATTR_START]=new SfxStringItem(SDRATTR_OBJECTNAME);
     mppLocalPoolDefaults[SDRATTR_ALLPOSITIONX   -SDRATTR_START]=new SdrAllPositionXItem;
     mppLocalPoolDefaults[SDRATTR_ALLPOSITIONY   -SDRATTR_START]=new SdrAllPositionYItem;
     mppLocalPoolDefaults[SDRATTR_ALLSIZEWIDTH   -SDRATTR_START]=new SdrAllSizeWidthItem;
diff --git a/svx/source/svdraw/svdobj.cxx b/svx/source/svdraw/svdobj.cxx
index c7a8b9610308..8f02887371df 100644
--- a/svx/source/svdraw/svdobj.cxx
+++ b/svx/source/svdraw/svdobj.cxx
@@ -2245,7 +2245,7 @@ void SdrObject::NbcApplyNotPersistAttr(const SfxItemSet& rAttr)
     }
 
     if (rAttr.GetItemState(SDRATTR_OBJECTNAME,true,&pPoolItem)==SFX_ITEM_SET) {
-        OUString aName=((const SdrObjectNameItem*)pPoolItem)->GetValue();
+        OUString aName=((const SfxStringItem*)pPoolItem)->GetValue();
         SetName(aName);
     }
     Rectangle aNewLogic(rLogic);
@@ -2303,7 +2303,7 @@ void SdrObject::TakeNotPersistAttr(SfxItemSet& rAttr, bool bMerge) const
 
     if (!aName.isEmpty())
     {
-        lcl_SetItem(rAttr, bMerge, SdrObjectNameItem(aName));
+        lcl_SetItem(rAttr, bMerge, makeSdrObjectNameItem(aName));
     }
 
     lcl_SetItem(rAttr,bMerge,SdrLayerIdItem(GetLayer()));